Jill Biden, Labor secretary to visit Centerville Wednesday
Two are on a tour focusing on community colleges, work force.
Jill Biden and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will visit Centerville on Wednesday as part of a three-day regional bus tour to highlight the role of community colleges in developing a workforce to meet the needs of regional businesess.
Solis and the wife of Vice President Joe Biden will tour the production line at medical device maker DG Medical in Centerville, a company that is a work force development partner with Sinclair Community College and Bioohio, a nonprofit designed to build the bioscience industry in the state.
This month, President Obama announced a new $8 billion Community College to Career Fund, administered by the departments of Labor and Education, to forge partnerships between community colleges and businesses to train 2 million workers with skills that will lead directly to jobs, according to the White House.
Biden, a community college instructor for 18 years, and Solis, who began her career in public service as a community college trustee, will hear from students, educators and employers.
The tour will begin at the Columbus State Community College Center for Workforce Development. Other stops Wednesday include Cincinnati State Technical and Community College to hear how Labor Department funding is helping expand the health careers collaborative and the UPS Freight facility in Lexington, Ky.
On Thursday, Biden and Solis will visit Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Kentucky. They also will visit the Tennessee Technology Center in Harriman, Tenn., to hear about Roane State Community College’s industry partnerships, and will visit Wytheville Community College to learn about the school’s training partnership with the Gatorade Blue Ridge plant in Wytheville, Va.
On Friday, the vice president will join the tour for its final stop at Davidson County Community College in North Carolina.